Politics and magic in contemporary China
In contemporary China political culture, the advance of "socialist spiritual civilization" presupposes a "disenchanted" world in which magical belief appears to be a misguided understanding of reality. The article deals with the representation of magical belief on two levels. The...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1987
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| In: |
Modern China
Year: 1987, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-61 |
| Further subjects: | B
Superstition
B Natural sciences B Socio-cultural change B China B Magic B Volksrepublik China Superstition Internal policy Materialismus (Philosophie) Magic Natural sciences Socio-cultural change B Internal policy B Materialism |
| Summary: | In contemporary China political culture, the advance of "socialist spiritual civilization" presupposes a "disenchanted" world in which magical belief appears to be a misguided understanding of reality. The article deals with the representation of magical belief on two levels. The first of this is the representation of magical belief as a competing belief system, one that's negatively defined against belief in science and dialectical materialism. On a second level, feudal superstition is represented as an unfortunate side effect of other problems. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0097-7004 |
| Contains: | In: Modern China
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